By Seyi Odewale
The senator representing Cross River South Senatorial in the Senate, Senator Gershom Bassey has sponsored a total of 35 bills throughout his two-term (2015 to 2023) tenure in the Senate.
Out of the 35 bills that successfully passed through the third reading, 18 were personal to him while 17 were co-sponsored.
In addition, the seasoned lawmaker also had 55 motions to his credit which 13 were personal and 42 co-sponsored.
Giving legislative stewardship of his two terms tenure in a statement in Calabar yesterday, Bassey said a total of 318 roads were constructed and rehabilitated in his senatorial district within the period under review.
He stated that 20 classrooms were renovated, 750 solar street lights and 35 transformers were installed, 20 solar-powered boreholes were constructed and 20 primary health centres were fully equipped.
He further disclosed that N350m were disbursed to various constituents, 4,000 benefited from covid-19 grants of between N450,000 to N750,000 while 120 beneficiaries got AGSMEIS loans of N2.5million each, and one ultra-modern world-class oil and gas park facilitated by him is under construction.
He said some of the bills he sponsored include, a bill for an act to amend the Flag and Coat of Arms act cap f30, 2006; Federal College of Forestry Technology and Research, Akamkpa (establishment, etc.) bill, 2018; and a bill for an act to alter the provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to give oversight powers to the National Assembly over any fund or account created to save excess government revenue.
Others include a bill for an act to amend the National Boundary Commission (establishment) act cap n10; a bill for an act to amend the Citizenship and leadership training centre act, 2004 (establishment) act (amendment) bill, 2021.
He said there was also a bill for an act to amend the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (establishment) act, cap p43; a bill for an act to establish the Chartered Institute of Professional Secretarial Staff of Nigeria and for matters connected therewith; a bill for an act to establish the Nigerian Research Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Bakassi; a bill for an act to provide for mandatory public infrastructure maintenance and other connected purposes, 2021, among others.
